. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects -- Ontario Periodicals. 132 THE REPORT OF THE No. 19 field cultivation deep plowing and the removal of all refuse should be attended to; any infested plot should not be sown with peas again for two or three years. It is not likely that any poison can be successfully applied as the worm buries itself in the pod as soon as it is hatched. The Pea Weevil. (Bruchus pisorum) Fig. 40, is to be found every year in many localities. If growers everywhere adopt the simple method of fumigating with bisulphide of carbon as soon as pos
. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects -- Ontario Periodicals. 132 THE REPORT OF THE No. 19 field cultivation deep plowing and the removal of all refuse should be attended to; any infested plot should not be sown with peas again for two or three years. It is not likely that any poison can be successfully applied as the worm buries itself in the pod as soon as it is hatched. The Pea Weevil. (Bruchus pisorum) Fig. 40, is to be found every year in many localities. If growers everywhere adopt the simple method of fumigating with bisulphide of carbon as soon as possible after harvesting there would soon be little injury to complain of; one ounce to one hundred pounds of seed has been found sufficient. All refuse after threshing should be cleaned up and burnt and no weevilly peas should ever be Fig. 37. Greasy Cutworm ; (/;) front of head ; (c) moth. • /I FiQ. 38. Glassy Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Entomological Society of Ontario; Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture. Toronto, The Society
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